Trellis



(N6 Model.)

, C. D. HALPPENNY.

TRELLIS.

No. 317,939. Patented May 12, 1885.

III II g (9 %1VENTOR ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES are OFFICE.

CAROLINE DOROTHY HALFPENNY, OF BLOOMSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

TRELLIS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 317,939, dated May 12, 1885.

Application filed April 28, 1884., (N0 model.) i

,To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CAROLINE D. HALF- PENNY,'a citizen of the United States, residing at Bloomsburg, in the county of Columbia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trellises; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure l of the drawings is a representa tion of this invention, and is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a detail view showing the upper fastenings. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the hook-fastenings. Fig. 4. is adetail view of the lower fastenings.

This invention has relation to improvemerits in vine-trellises to be used in connection with the inner casing of windows; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In carrying out my invention I arrange upon suitable brackets or supports a sufficient distance beneath the lower horizontal casing or sill of a window-frame, a horizontal shelf, a, which may be covered with cloth and bound with a depending fringe or other fancy work, as desired.

B indicates the trellis-frame, which consists, essentially, of the vertical parts 0 c and the horizontal parts at d, which are made according to any ornamental design. The frame is made of wood,'and two longitudinal outer rails, e, are employed for each section, which are connected by transverse and diagonal strips, as shown. The rails of the vertical and lower horizontal section, (1, are perfectly plain or straight, while the opposite ends of the upper horizontal section, (I, are curved or bent downwardly to engage the upper ends of the vertical sections 0. These sections are connected by pin-and-socket joints, the pins at the ends of one section engaging the sockets at the ends of the adjacent sections. The lower ends'of the vertical sections are slightly extended beneaththelowerhorizontal section, (1., and seatedin the upper face of the shelf arranged beneath the window-sill. When the sections are thus connected and placed upon the shelf, I secure them to the window-casing by connecting thereto the inner middle portion of each vertical section by a hook-eye, D, the eye portion being let into a groove in said section and held by means of a screw or tack, and the hook end driven into the window-casing. The shelf will not only serve to support the trellis, but also to hold the flower pots or trays.

\Vhile I have described minutely the entire construction of a trellis, it is understood that the novelty relied upon is in the peculiar formation of the trellis in sections and its attachment to a window when supported upon the horizontal shelf, all as hereinafter pointed out. I

As it is well known that window vine-trellises are very old, and that it is also old to provide a shelf or stand at the base of the trellis-frame to support flower-pots, it will be understood that the novelty relied upon in this case is in the peculiar formation and combination.

of parts, as hereinafter specifically pointed out in the claim.

I am aware that it is not new to form a window vine-trellis from wire, and that it is old to provide a shelf beneath the window to receive and support a wooden frame of basketwork, and that window vine-trellises have been formed in sections, and therefore do not claim any of these constructions, broadly.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

Ihe improved window vine-trellis described, formed of wood and consisting, essentially, of the vertical side sections and the top and bottom horizontal sections, the top section having its opposite ends cent downwardly, and the respective sections connected together by pin-and-socket joints, the shelf beneath the window-sill for supporting the frame having socket-bearings to receive the lower ends of the said vertical sections, and the hookeyes D, pivoted at one end to the sides of the trellis-frame and having their opposite ends adapted to be driven into a window-casing, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereofl affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CAROLINE DOROTHY HALFPENLSY. 

